
Rod Taylor
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Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (January 11, 1930 – January 7, 2015) was an Australian-born American actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers.
Known for
Credits

Inglourious Basterds (2009)
as Winston Churchill

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
as Pongo (voice)

Giant (1956)
as Sir David Karfrey

The Time Machine (1960)
as H. George Wells

The Birds (1963)
as Mitch Brenner

Separate Tables (1958)
as Charles

Zabriskie Point (1970)
as Lee Allen

Chuka (1967)
as Chuka

Kaw (2007)
as Doc

The Heroes (1973)
as Lieutenant Bob Robson

Dark of the Sun (1968)
as Curry

The V.I.P.s (1963)
as Les Mangrum

The Train Robbers (1973)
as Grady

36 Hours (1964)
as Major Walter Gerber

Raintree County (1957)
as Garwood B. Jones

Hotel (1967)
as Peter McDermott

Grass Roots (1992)
as Gen. Willoughby

Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
as Scobie Malone

Welcome to Woop Woop (1998)
as Daddy-O

The Hell with Heroes (1968)
as Brynie MacKay

A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
as Col. Hollis Farr

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
as Bruce Templeton

World Without End (1956)
as Herbert Ellis

Sunday in New York (1963)
as Mike Mitchell

Powderkeg (1971)
as Hank Brackett

Young Cassidy (1965)
as John Cassidy

Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Ross Taford

Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
as Captain Jack Savage

Open Season (1995)
as Billy Patrick

Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self

The Virgin Queen (1955)
as Cpl. Gwilym

The Catered Affair (1956)
as Ralph Halloran

Do Not Disturb (1965)
as Mike Harper

The Deadly Trackers (1973)
as Frank Brand

Hell River (1974)
as Marko

Family Flight (1972)
as Jason Carlyle

The Liquidator (1965)
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies (2022)
as Self - (archive footage)

Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)

Half Nelson (1985)
Actor

Mask of Murder (1985)
as Supt. Bob McLaine

US Against the World (1977)
as Self

Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
as Sir Francis Drake

Top Gun (1955)
as Lem Sutter

Trader Horn (1973)
as Trader Horn

A Time to Die (1982)
as Jack Bailey

The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)
as Peter Reaney

On the Run (1983)
as Mr. Payatta

All About 'The Birds' (2000)
as Self

Wayne Train (1973)
as Self

Hellinger's Law (1981)
as Clint Tolliver

The Picture Show Man (1977)
as Palmer

Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
as Pirro

Every Girl's Dream (1966)
as Self

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)

Long John Silver (1954)
as Israel Hands

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
as Edward Adeane

Jamaican Gold (1979)
as Marian Casey

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars (1976)
as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)

Step Down to Terror (1958)
as Mike Randall
Death on the Oregon Trail (—)
Actor

Darker Than Amber (1970)
as Travis McGee

Disney's Halloween Treat (1982)
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier

Palomino (1991)
as Bill King

The Great Gatsby (1958)
as Nick Carraway

A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975)
as Shamus McCoy

Cry of the Innocent (1980)
as Steve Donegin

Marbella (1985)
as Commander W.P. Anderson

Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993)
as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2017)
as Self
Catalina Island (1966)
as Self

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1996)
as General Sorenson

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986)
as Self

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (1965)
as self

King of the Coral Sea (1954)
as Jack Janiero

Vortex (1976)
as Christopher Tauling

The Point of Betrayal (1995)
as Ted Kitteridge
Inland with Sturt (1951)
as George McLeay





